2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 7.142857144 can be written as an improper fraction.
- An improper fraction = the numerator is larger than or equal to the denominator..
Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:
7.142857144 = 7.142857144/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
7.142857144/1 =
(7.142857144 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
7,142,857,144/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
7,142,857,144/1,000,000,000
to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible.
To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Factor the numerator and denominator (prime factorization).
7,142,857,144 = 23 × 892,857,143
1,000,000,000 = 29 × 59
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (23 × 892,857,143; 29 × 59) = 23
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
7,142,857,144/1,000,000,000 =
(23 × 892,857,143)/(29 × 59) =
((23 × 892,857,143) ÷ 23) / ((29 × 59) ÷ 23) =
892,857,143/(26 × 59) =
892,857,143/125,000,000
4. The fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction):
- A mixed number = an integer number and a proper fraction, of the same sign.
- Example 1: 2 1/5; Example 2: - 1 3/7.
- A proper fraction = the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
892,857,143 ÷ 125,000,000 = 7, remainder = 17,857,143 ⇒
892,857,143 = 7 × 125,000,000 + 17,857,143 ⇒
892,857,143/125,000,000 =
(7 × 125,000,000 + 17,857,143) / 125,000,000 =
(7 × 125,000,000) / 125,000,000 + 17,857,143/125,000,000 =
7 + 17,857,143/125,000,000 =
7 17,857,143/125,000,000